Lecker
COOKING RECIPES MOBILE APPLICATION
Client
Bauer Xcel Media
Industry
Media/ Marketing
Team size
2
Time frame
6 months + maintenance
Technology used
The History of partnership
LECKER & SERAPION
Bauer Media Group wanted to rework LECKER, a well-established cooking brand with a large recipe catalogue and a strong promise of reliable results. Lecker.de positions itself around everyday cooking and baking, step-by-step guidance, and “Gelinggarantie” content, with tens of thousands of recipes available across the platform and its apps.
The engagement centered on a full technical renewal of the mobile application. The legacy native app was replaced with a new solution built on cutting-edge technologies for mobile cross platform, including the complete setup of the new project foundation and a full rewrite of the product.
The engagement centered on a full technical renewal of the mobile application. The legacy native app was replaced with a new solution built on cutting-edge technologies for mobile cross platform, including the complete setup of the new project foundation and a full rewrite of the product.
The vision
WHERE IT ALL BEGINS
Lecker’s vision was to deliver a modern, frictionless cooking experience that matches the strength of the brand’s editorial content. The goal was to make recipe discovery, planning, and cooking guidance feel fast and intuitive on mobile, while ensuring the experience stays consistent across iOS and Android as the product evolves.
To enable that, the platform needed a cutting-edge, cross-platform technology foundation using Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform. This was not only a technology upgrade, but a long-term product strategy to simplify maintenance, accelerate feature delivery, and support future updates with confidence through a single, scalable architecture and shared codebase.
To enable that, the platform needed a cutting-edge, cross-platform technology foundation using Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform. This was not only a technology upgrade, but a long-term product strategy to simplify maintenance, accelerate feature delivery, and support future updates with confidence through a single, scalable architecture and shared codebase.
The Challenge
UNTANGLING THE KNOT
Lecker’s modernization was a full rebuild of a long-running native app into a cross-platform product. The goal was to replace the legacy implementation with a new Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform architecture, while preserving performance, stability, and monetization from day one.
Key challenges:
- New cross-platform stack: adopting Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose within a young and evolving ecosystem.
- Legacy replacement: reverse-engineering undocumented behavior and implicit business rules.
- Native integrations & ads: bridging critical SDKs while preserving performance, stability, and monetization.
- Rewrite without disruption: supporting dynamic ad layouts and minimizing regression risk during rollout.
The solution
HOW WE MADE IT WORK
The result was a modern, cross-platform cooking application rebuilt on a stable foundation designed for long-term maintainability and continuous evolution. By rewriting Lecker from scratch with Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform, we delivered a cohesive mobile platform that supports consistent behavior across iOS and Android while making future updates easier to deliver and safer to maintain.
Core UX & Content
- Designed intuitive content flows enabling fast discovery and confident in-context usage
- Established consistent content structures across formats, devices, and screen sizes
- Ensured stable performance and sustained responsiveness under real-world usage conditions
Advertising & Monetization
- Integrated native advertising SDKs into a unified and maintainable cross-platform architecture
- Enabled flexible ad placement within content while preserving layout stability and clarity
- Delivered reliable ad measurement through accurate lifecycle and state management
Delivered a production-ready mobile foundation that modernized a legacy product into a scalable cross-platform architecture while enabling consistent user experiences, reliable monetization, and l ong-term maintainability.
The value
IMPACT THAT MATTERS
A modern, future-proof mobile platform that improves day-to-day usability for readers while giving Bauer Media Group a sustainable foundation for continuous product growth.
Benefits delivered:
- A faster, more consistent recipe experience across iOS and Android, built on a unified Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform codebase.
- Improved long-term maintainability through a shared architecture and reusable UI components, reducing duplication and making updates easier to deliver.
- Greater delivery confidence via a clean, scalable project setup that supports ongoing iteration without repeatedly re-solving legacy constraints.
- A stable monetization foundation through reliable native ad SDK integration and dynamic ad positioning that works within content-driven layouts.
Skills that stand out
CORE STRENGTHS
Cross- platform Engineering
Production-ready mobile apps built with Kotlin and Compose Multiplatform, balancing shared and platform code.
Content-first Design
Fast, readable content experiences built for complex editorial structures and real-world discovery flows.
Monetization Integration
Native ad SDKs and dynamic placements integrated without compromising layout stability or measurement.
Legacy Modernization
Modernizing legacy systems safely through reverse engineering and iterative validation.